[149] Ibid.
[150] Lucian de Electro. vol. 2. p. 523. Edit. Salmurii.
[151] Ovid. Metamorph. l. 1. v. 751.
[152] Homer. Odyss. l. λ. v. 15. Phaëthon was universally allowed to be the Sun by the antient mythologists of Greece; to whom we must appeal, and not to the Roman poets. Orpheus says,
Ηελιον Φαεθοντα εφ' ἁρμασι πωλοι αγουσι. de Lapid. v. 90.
And in another place;
Ευθυς ὁτ' εκ περατων γαιης Φαεθων ανορουσων, κλ.
Phaëthon was the same as Phanes: and there is something very mysterious in his character. He is represented as the first born of heaven: Πρωτογονος Φαεθων περιμηκεος Ηερος ὑιος—Hunc ait (Orpheus) esse omnium Deorum parentem; quorum causâ cœlum condiderit, liberisque prospexerit, ut haberent habitaculum, sedemque communem: Εκτισεν Αθανατοις δομον αφθιτον. Lactantus de falsâ religione. l. 1. c. 5. p. 15. His history will be explained hereafter.
[153] Phœnices post multos deinde annos, a Rege Ascaloniorum expugnati, navibus appulsi, Tyron urbem ante annum Trojanæ cladis condiderunt. Justin. l. 18. c. 3. See Isaiah. c. 23. v. 11. They enlarged Tyre: but it was a city before: for it is mentioned Joshua. c. 19. v. 29. as the strong city Tyre.
[154] Porphyry de Abstinentiâ. l. 2. p. 158.